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Battle of San Juan Hill

July 1, 1898 · Battle of San Juan Hill

Result American Pyrrhic victory

American troops took the San Juan Heights above Santiago; the Rough Riders charged Kettle Hill.

On the map Contemporaries

United States

Spain

United States

Spain

William Rufus Shafter military commander

Joseph Wheeler military commander

Arsenio Linares y Pombo military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 8,412c. 12,700
Casualties: c. 1,850
Killed: 144
Wounded: 1,024
Missing: 72
Guns: 4c. 12

Strength: 521c. 1,300
Casualties: 850c. 800
Killed: 58
Wounded: 366
Captured: 41
Missing: c. 150
Guns: 4c. 2
Guns lost: 2

Units

V Corps (1898) Rough Riders

Spanish garrison of Santiago de Cuba